Israeli consulate in McAllen: the office is in Houston
There is no Israeli consulate in McAllen. The Israeli Consulate General in Houston, 344 miles from McAllen by road (6 h 39 min), takes its cases.
Which Israeli consulate serves McAllen
The Israeli Consulate General in Houston counts Texas in its district (source), so residents of McAllen deal with that office.
By road, McAllen is 344 miles from the office, about 6 h 39 min at posted speed limits and without traffic; in a straight line, 297 miles.
Calls to Houston need no time conversion from McAllen: both run on the same clock.
Houston’s notice says the Consulate General in Atlanta takes the appointments of Southwest residents while the building is renovated (source), and Houston still answers email and mail. Atlanta’s visiting days are on its page.
Other cities in Texas near McAllen
The nearest cities to McAllen, in a straight line: Edinburg, 9 miles; Brownsville, 50 miles; Corpus Christi, 119 miles. The Texas page gives the drive to Houston from its main cities.
U.S. birth and marriage papers from McAllen for an Israeli mission
For a child born in McAllen, the original birth certificate the mission asks for comes from the Texas Department of State Health Services, through Texas.gov or by mail (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records).
The Texas page lists what a copy costs, and the requirement is on the mission’s birth notice page.
In Hidalgo County, where McAllen is, certified copies of a marriage record come from the Hidalgo County Clerk, according to the CDC’s directory for Texas (CDC, Where to Write for Vital Records). For the mission, the copy needs an apostille.
The apostille for a public document from Texas is issued by the Texas Secretary of State (HCCH list).
What you can settle from McAllen without traveling
- You can renew an adult passport by mail if you visited Israel in the last ten years and still have the old one: Israeli passport.
- You can ask by mail to extend a travel document that was issued for less than five years: Passport extension.
- You can get a U.S. document apostilled by the state that issued it before you send it to Israel: Apostille and documents.